Michele Bachmann Visits Marin On Thursday

It’s not every day that the reigning queen of the Tea Party comes to California, much less to deep blue Marin. That day is this Thursday, September 15. Minnesota’s very angry GOP congressmember Michele Bachmann is making a low-keyed fund-raising visit to San Rafael.

The diminutive Bachmann is currently struggling to retain her momentum in the Republican presidential contest in the aftermath of her Tea Party rival, Texas Governor Rick Perry’s, splashy entry in the eight-person race.

The hush-hush invitation-only breakfast session starts this Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. at the home of Sally and Alex Zelikovsky in the Mission City’s Peacock Gap neighborhood.

Sally Zelikovsky is a prime leader of the Bay Area Patriots, the event’s sponsor. Given the name of the group, one would hope that all patriots in the greater Bay Area are invited. Since true patriots are not distinguished by their partisan allegiance, it would be an appropriate if patriotic liberal Democrats, moderate Republicans and centrists independents showed up and joined the expected contingent of very right-of-center Republicans.

Those allowed to attend must pay a modest $100 donation; a small price to pay to question the ever-quotable Ms Bachmann.